What is your favorite place on Earth?

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with #NoPlaceLikeHome Event. There is #NoPlaceLikeHome, says NASA this Earth Day, April 22. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is asking the global online community to share pictures and videos on social media that show there is no place like home – planet Earth. April 22nd marks the 45th anniversary of Earth … Read more

The answer lies in the soil and pesticides

Letters: A major research study by Newcastle University published last year found not only that organic fruit and veg contains more beneficial nutrients, but also four times less pesticide residues

Polar bears face starvation as unlikely to adapt to a land-based diet, says report

New research casts doubt on the theory that polar bears could survive habitat loss as sea ice declines by foraging for food on land

Is being vegan the most ethical way to live?

Reducing meat consumption is important, but going vegan may not solve all our problems…

If you have an ethical dilemma, email Lucy at lucy.siegle@observer.co.uk

Subsidies to industries that cause deforestation worth 100 times more than aid to prevent it

Brazil and Indonesia paid over $40bn in subsidies to industries that drive rainforest destruction between 2009 and 2012 – compared to $346m in conservation aid they received to protect forests, according to new research

Antarctic ice shelves are melting dramatically, study finds

Melting of floating ice shelves around the continent is accelerating, potentially unlocking extra sea level rise from larger ice sheets jammed behind them